u/thebigbilli

Some people asked me how to play PS3 games on their Steam Decks, so I just made a simple guide. If anyone is interested, they can watch it.

It contains everything from installing EmuDeck to setting up RPCS3, Downloading Updates, and actually updating them, optimized settings for most PS3 games, and the RPCS3 overlay (which came)

Also, before watching, please know: no matter how good the settings, the Steam Deck CANNOT run very demanding games like Killzone 2, God of War 3, or Uncharted 3.

Also, I noticed a lot of games' audio doesnt work unless you set the audio backend from Cubed to Faudio, so if you dont get any audio, just try switching that.

Before commenting, please read this message on what my idea was behind this video

For this video, over 10 Mods were tested, including the different variations of cloth physics (full cloth physics, half cloth physics, and no cloth physics), Boczekeks FPS Boost (Boczekeks FPS Boost and Boczekeks FPS Boost Lite), performance drawparams, better 60 FPS cloth physics, Bloodborne visual upgrade mod, and even lower texture mods. But in the end, the 5 mods showcased were the ones that positively affected the gameplay experience while giving a performance boost.

While Native 60 FPS is almost possible with the Steam Deck, it is not the best way to play the game in many scenarios. Sometimes capping the FPS at 80 and using Lossless Scaling is better than Native 60 FPS, and this is why:

Now, for the Lossless scaling and frame generation, it is a grey topic, but in this case, lossless scaling has a case for the majority of the scenarios in the game. First, we needed to calculate the input delay on each FPS limit. I did this by using my S25 ultra camera and recording the time between each input and how long it took for the input to show up on the screen by counting each frame. This was the final result.

30 FPS Test (35 frames): 35 × 8.33 = 291.6 milliseconds
40 FPS Test (27 frames): 27 × 8.33 = 225.0 milliseconds
60 FPS Test (16 frames): 16 × 8.33 = 133.3 milliseconds

With this, I realized that 30 FPS and 40 FPS are almost unplayable for Bloodborne. So then I moved into Lossless Scaling and found the major difference. While the Input delay stayed the same, the game felt smoother and the inputs more responsive. This was because we were now playing at 80 FPS, which makes the game look smoother. So, with this, I found the best way to play the game, as said in 12:15, which is to

Play the game normally in Boss Fights without Lossless Scaling: This allows the player to play the high-intense Bosses without the disconnect that we feel when using Lossless Scaling, and
Play the game with Lossless Scaling in heavy and Demanding Areas: This allows the player to still play the game at 70 - 80 FPS, and since this isn't the boss, losing a bit of input delay is worth it when you compare the smoothness you get in return.

Now, Lossless Scaling is not a miracle tool. The artificing is still present in this case, I would rather take the artifact and a little more input delay, and in return get that smooth 80 FPS Gameplay

Thanks to the overwhelming positive feedback I got from the last video, I decided to make an updated guide, but with the Eden emulator, since that gives better performance than Ryujinx.

I have read the complaints from the old video and have fixed most of them in the current guide (can't map controls, Emulator not being recognized by Emu Deck, and Games Capped at 30 FPS).

This video shows how to set up Emu Deck (in case you dont already have it),

How to download and setup Eden Emulator.

How to add Mods and Updates to the Game.

Steam ROM Manager and Emulation Station.

How to set up Controls on Eden (Properly This time).

How to get 60 FPS on games capped at 30 FPS (Lossless Scaling and Decky Loader).

If you only want to skip to any of these, there are timestamps for each chapter.

I just want to say a huge thank you to everyone who supported the last video. It was my first time uploading to a Steam Deck, and I was very scared of what the feedback would be.

I have already started making videos on the best Bloodborne settings, the best settings to play the entire god of War series on the Deck, and More.

I use Wand (used to be called wemod) or just Steam Browser to have an interactive map while playing games, but for the steam deck i dont see any way to access an interactive map. I just wanna know if it's possible or not, since I heavily rely on these types of maps.